NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 大一英文(0940)
(Eng.) Freshman English
Offering Dept Language Center
Course Type Required Credits 2 Teacher LIAO,HSIU-FEN
Department General Language English Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description The course aims to develop vocabulary, academic, and critical thinking skills. Students experience topics through fascinating readings in a wide variety of genres and formats to become familiar with material they might face in or outside the college classroom. The course emcompasses academic lectulres and thematic interviews of diverse content areas. Language usage and structural analysis are the pivotal concerns of the classroom activities.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course N
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
The primary goal of this course is to develop English communicatiove competence of first-year C-level students (non-English majors) Upon completion of their course, students are expected to acquire: (1)the ability to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words from context; (2)the ability to comprehensive main ideas in everyday conversations, short talks and articles;(3)the ability to understand English spoken in a range of academic,professional and social settings.
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Lecturing
Written Presentation
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Assignment
Study Outcome
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 course orientation
gruop discussion
Week 2 unit one- And we’re off
make and respond to introductions
Week 3 unit one- an article on interview skills
speaking- talk about a new activity
Week 4 Freshmann English pre-test
15%
Week 5 unit two- the future of food/describing trends
speaking- explain a favorite recipe
Week 6 review unit one, unit two
warm up unit three- What’s it worth?
unit three- discuss time and money
Week 7 unit three- short stories about good and bad online shopping experiences
speaking- talk about quality of life
Week 8 unit four- Going glocal
talking about people in the media
review units for midterm
Week 9 midterm test
Week 10 video performance
role play for team project
Week 11 unit four- a news report about a local company that went global
speaking- talk about all the signs we see
Week 12 unit five- True stories
making and breaking plans
Week 13 unit five- an article about corporate apologies
speaking- discuss good storytellers
Week 14 unit six- community action
describing good deeds
Week 15 unit six- a podcast about a community art project
speaking- talk about acts of kindness
Week 16 review unit five and unit six
spaking practice activities
Week 17 online workbook orientation
workbook assignment
Week 18 final exam
Evaluation
class performance 5% (attendance, in-class activity & discussion, external reading & practice)
midterm 30% final 30%
pre-test 15% quiz 20%
Textbook & other References
Evolve 4 (ISBN 978-1-108-40532-4)
Ben Goldstein and Ceri Jones
Cambridge University Press
ISBN 978-1-107-63461-9


Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
www.cambridge.org/better learning
NCHU i-learning 3.0
Office Hours
office hours
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs
 include experience courses:N
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Update Date, year/month/day:None Printed Date, year/month/day:2025 / 1 / 22
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